RFR [12] 8218662: Allow 204 responses with Content-Length:0

[Michael McMahon]

Looks good Chris.

- Michael.

On 08/02/2019, 11:24, Chris Hegarty wrote:
> This is a code review request for a late fix for JDK 12, to address a
> what could be perceived as a potential regression.
>
> Post 8211437 [1] the HTTP Client now disallows 204 responses with a
> response body. It appears that this change may have been a little too
> strict, by disallowing any response with a Content-Length header. It
> seems reasonable to allow the special case where a content length of
> zero is indicated. This is a small relaxing of the change for 8211437,
> while keeping its most fundamental aspects.
>
> Bug:
>    https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8218662
> Webrev:
>    https://cr.openjdk.java.net/~chegar/8218662/webrev.00/
>
> -Chris.
>
> [1] https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8211437